Drinking-stopper.



E. C. RIMPLE.

DRINKING STOPPER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4. 191a.

Patented Mar. 26, 1918.

LFF l gnuenkw E C. Rim p16.

wihwoo r ran na on.

ERNEST C. RIMPlZE, OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON.

nnmnino-s'rorrnn.

ea ers.-

To all whom it may concern: 7 V V Be it known that I, ERNEST U. RIMPLE,a citizen of the United States, residing at .Port Orchard, in the countyof Kitsap and tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in drinking stoppers. i

The object of this invention is to provide a stopper of this characterwhich may be inserted in a bottle of any type and the contents of thebottle drunk therefrom thus obviating the necessity of a glass, cup orthe like.

A further object of this invention is to provide a stopper which wheninserted in a bottle permits theperson or persons usin the same toreadily drink from the bottle without the necessity of taking the bottlefrom the lips to swallow, due to; the factthat the stopper is providedwith an air passage which communicates with the atmos phere and mouth ofthe user whereby air may be drawn into the mouth to prevent a vacuumfrom being-formed therein and also to permit air to be, drawn into andforced into the bottle to replace'the liquid displaced therefrom.

A still further object of this invention is to provide asimple,practical, and comparatively inexpensive device of this characterand one that can be manufactured and sold at a small cost.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novelcombination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully describedand pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings: 7 Figure 1 a fragmentary portion of a bot tle with myimproved stopper therein, and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of thestopper.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates aportion of a bottle oftheusual type having the neck portion 2 which hasabeaded flange 3.

My improved drinking stopper comprises Specification 0t Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 26, 1am.

Application filed hTovember 4, 1916. Serial No. 129,499.

in its construction the cylindrical extension fl: having-its upper endenlarged as at 5, which enlarged portion is reduced at its upper endasfat 6 forming a shoulder 7 whichshoulder limits the movement of thestopper ina persons mouth.

The upper portion 5 of the cylindrical extension l is offset laterallyas at 8 to provide a shoulder 9, the purpose of which will be more fullyhereinafter described.

The cylindrical extension 4 and enlarged portion 5 is constructed ofwood, glass, metal or the like, and has secured thereto a cork 10 whichcork is of a tapered formation and adapted to have its enlarged end inabutting engagement with the under side of the shoulder 9. The cork 10is adapted to form an air tight connection between the stopper andbottle neck when inserted therein.

The enlarged portion 5 is provided with 'a diagonally extending. bore 11having its lower end opening outthrough the laterally extending portion8 and its upper end open ing out through the end of the tapered por tion6 of the enlarged portion 5, thus permitting the, portion 6 to be placedbetween the lips of a persons mouth and the contents of the bottle drunktherefrom without the necessity of removing the bottle from the lips. Asan inlet of air may pass through the diagonally extending bar into themouth of the user thus permitting the contents of the bottle to runfreely into the mouth of the'user due to the fact that the air beingdrawn in through the opening so as to replace the contents being drawnfrom the bottle.

The diagonally extending opening 11 also permits a person when using thebottle to readily draw air into his mouth thus preventing a vacuum from'being created therein. It is to be noted that by this construction, airmay be freely drawn into the mouth and a vacuum prevented from formlngtherem, and also air may be urged mto the bottle to displace the liquidand to replace the liquid being displaced therefrom by the swallowing ofthe user.

What is claimed is: i

1.- A drinking stopper comprising a bottle engaging portion and a lipportion, and having a diagonal passage extending through the lip portionto permit of the inlet of air into the bottle. 2. A drinking stoppercomprising a cylindrical body, an enlargement formed at one end of thebody, said enlargement having its upper end tapered, a cork arrangedaround the extension below the enlarge- 3'. A drinking stoppereomprising a oyl in drical body, the upper end of the body beingenlarged and provided with a lateral offset portion, said enlargementprovided with a diagonally extending air opening, and a corlrsurrounding the cylindrical body below the enlargement, said enlargementtapering exteriorly to provide a shoulder to limit the insertionv ot thestopper in a pen Gnpleso! this patent may, he obtained; for five centseach, by addressing the Commissionen out Enteritis,

drained from the bottle as and theipulz pose. specified,

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 1n presence of twowwltnessesi.

ERNEST o. nr PLnQ W tnesses: 7

C H. lVIOLZAl-HN, W. H; Gnome.

washington ifl. G.

